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Wed, 3 May 2017
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Maternity Services
Louise O'Reilly
32. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the reason detailed 20 week scans for pregnant women are not provided routinely and offered to all patients; his plans to extend this facility from the current six maternity units where it is available to all 19 maternity units; the status of the development of the clinical guidelines for the provision of 20 week scans; when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/17]
Wed, 3 May 2017
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Hospitals Data
Louise O'Reilly
96. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE does not collect data on theatre use; if his attention has been further drawn to the number of hours for each operating theatre that are unused; the reason this data are not collected; if he will start a process of data collection to reflect this in view of its importance for waiting lists, bed capacity and acute hospital use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20209/17]
Wed, 3 May 2017
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Air Ambulance Service Provision
Louise O'Reilly
103. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding the staffing difficulties that have meant transport of and transport timelines for priority 1 children called for heart and liver transplant to the United Kingdom cannot be guaranteed; the status of correspondence he has had with the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence; the status of all negotiations regarding this; the contingencies put in place and if there has been call to resort to use of these since this situation emerged; the position regarding those on the transplants lists if they are called but the timeframes cannot be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20208/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Patient Deaths
Louise O'Reilly
824. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Patient Deaths
Louise O'Reilly
825. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the details of the findings of the investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Primary Care Centres
Louise O'Reilly
990. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the services that will be available in the new primary care centre in Balbriggan; the services which will be directly provided by HSE staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19998/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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HSE Staff
Louise O'Reilly
991. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the HSE staff by grade that will be employed in the new primary care centre in Balbriggan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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General Practitioner Data
Louise O'Reilly
992. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional general practitioners that will provide services in Balbriggan as part of the new primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20002/17]
Tue, 2 May 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Louise O'Reilly
1022. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for services (details supplied) at University Hospital Galway, in respect of both outpatient and inpatient appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20168/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Louise O'Reilly
263. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if research has been carried out on the need to expand the number of places for children with autism spectrum disorder at primary school level in Skerries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18096/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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School Accommodation Provision
Louise O'Reilly
264. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to plans to expand the provision of services at primary school level in the Skerries area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18097/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Louise O'Reilly
265. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a shortage of specific primary school placements for children with ASD in the Skerries area; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18098/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
590. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the procedures available to health service staff for debriefing following a critical or traumatic incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18090/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
591. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the number of debriefings following a critical or traumatic incident that have taken place by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18091/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Health Services Staff
Louise O'Reilly
592. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if counselling is offered to staff following critical or traumatic incidents; and the number of staff that availed of such counselling in each of the years 2013 to 2016 [18092/17]
Tue, 11 Apr 2017
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Railway Stations
Louise O'Reilly
743. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the underpass at Skerries train station has been closed; if the decision to close the underpass was as a result of a safety report; if so, if he will provide a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/17]
Wed, 29 Mar 2017
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Air Corps Operations
Louise O'Reilly
29. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that due to a shortage of pilots and air traffic controllers the Air Corps lacks the capacity to provide adequate air ambulance services and top cover for search and rescue missions; and the efforts being made to recruit and train specialised personnel to fill these positions. [15265/17]
Wed, 29 Mar 2017
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Health and Safety
Louise O'Reilly
54. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the health and safety assessments that have been carried out into procedures and protocols at Casement Aerodrome prior to the 2016 HSA health and safety report. [15266/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Louise O'Reilly
777. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are data available on patient waiting list numbers and waiting times for a number of procedures (details supplied). [13062/17]
Tue, 21 Mar 2017
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Health Screening Programmes
Louise O'Reilly
778. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are data available to support a matter (details supplied) in terms of the number of persons who receive a negative diagnosis from a biopsy, having tested positive with the initial blood test. [13063/17]